Caverly v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
429 F.2d 92 · 1970
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3806 · 50 U.S.C. § 3811
Relies on United States v. Seeger · Dickinson v. United States · Welsh II v. United States · Witmer v. United States · Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he extent of religious training need not measure the depth of religious conviction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Simply stated, from this record, we cannot tell on what basis the board acted and, thus, we are unable to say that a basis in fact supported its determination that Caverly should be denied reclassification from I-A to that of a conscientious objector. Under such circumstances, Caverly’s conviction cannot be sustained.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.